Labour has pledged to nationalise Britain’s railways, more than 20 years after the Conservatives sold them off to the private sector. Opinion polls have repeatedly shown strong support for the idea. FactCheck took a look into the details. How would it work? Lots of the infrastructure is already publicly owned by Network Rail, which operates under…

UKIP leader Paul Nuttall says the veil should be banned, partly because of the ‘age of heightened terror’. But none of the surrounding evidence or expert opinion points towards it posing any significant security concerns.

An online poll by ITV’s This Morning show has been circulating on social media, showing a massive lead for Jeremy Corbyn. It puts the Labour leader on a staggering 68%, with Theresa May trailing behind at just 19%. It’s been retweeted hundreds of times, with Corbyn supporters saying it shows that Britain is ‘waking up’ and…

Gina Miller, the pro-EU campaigner, has launched the “biggest tactical voting drive ever,” raising nearly £300,000 to support parliamentary candidates from different parties who want to stop “Extreme Brexit”. But could tactical voting really make a difference to the election on 8 June? Is there any chance we could end up with a “progressive alliance” of…